Vintage Behind The Scenes Look At Making The Original Star Trek Movie

Vintage Behind The Scenes Look At Making The Original Star Trek Movie

Take a look at how they went about making the epic Star Trek: The Motion Picture in the 70's!

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By Hawksblueyes - Mar 05, 2010 02:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Star Trek
Source: slashfilm




SlashFilm had this interesting behind the scenes documentary on the making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. It's amazing to me how they went about making an epic space movie way back in the 70's that still stands up today.

This movie is over 30 years old and has none of today's computerized special effects and it's still visually stunning to see.





Star Trek: The Motion Picture was released in 1979. It was directed by Robert Wise and starred....

William Shatner as Admiral James T. Kirk

Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock

DeForest Kelley as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy

James Doohan as Cmdr. Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott

George Takei as Lt. Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu

Walter Koenig as Lt. Pavel Chekov

Nichelle Nichols as Lt. Cmdr. Uhura..... all the original crew from the series.


Take a look and let me know what you think.


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Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 3/5/2010, 2:05 PM
:)
stopdropandroll
stopdropandroll - 3/5/2010, 3:22 PM
I remember skipping a day of school to go see this movie in the theatre.

This is cool.
Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 3/5/2010, 3:29 PM
Thanks tea. I thought this was really cool when I found it. I remember seeing this movie for the first time as a kid and it hit me just like Star Wars did.
Gose
Gose - 3/5/2010, 3:36 PM
Are girdles considered a special effect tools ?
Nemesys
Nemesys - 3/5/2010, 4:22 PM
"N-C-C-One-Seven-Zero-One. No bloody A, B, C, orrrrr D!"
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 3/5/2010, 4:50 PM
Damn ive just watched this at Earths Mightiest minutes ago lol, cool vid!

But STAR WARS all the way!!! : P

Classic stuff @ Hawks! ; )
juggy4711
juggy4711 - 3/5/2010, 5:13 PM
This movie was so boring I had forgot how good it looked.
Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 3/5/2010, 5:27 PM
Thanks LEEE.

tea : Yeah they are two completely different animals. I loved them both as a kid. Still do actually but not the new Star Wars movies or the Next Generation Trek crap.
Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 3/5/2010, 6:04 PM
tea : Right on. In the original Star Trek and Star Wars the science fiction space aspect was fine but it was the camaraderie between the characters that made the shows classic.

The new Star Wars and Next Generation Star Trek were too by the book, orderly and formal. To me they lost the personal touch that made the first ones great.
Joe6Pack74
Joe6Pack74 - 3/5/2010, 6:11 PM
Thats just awesome and why I love the classics. No f-ing computer graphics. When they replaced actual filming models with cgi, sci-fi died! Great find.
kalelrules
kalelrules - 3/5/2010, 6:14 PM
Is it just me or did the girl who got her head shaved look like she was about to be part of some amateur porn.... I was like, I know where this is headed.
DogsOfWar
DogsOfWar - 3/5/2010, 7:15 PM
Good find Hawks. Love the old school

Wrath of Khan is still one of my all time favorites
luv1138
luv1138 - 3/5/2010, 11:39 PM
BOOO! Who cares about this...

star trek SUCKS!

Star Wars RULES!!!!
Phinehas
Phinehas - 3/6/2010, 12:32 AM
Wrath of Khan was arguably the best...ever...Star Trek...whatever; be it movie or television.

I felt for the exotic woman losing her hair around 6 1/2 minutes. If it were me, I'd be stoked that I'd be collecting a hefty paycheck. But for women, its different.
comicb00kguy
comicb00kguy - 3/6/2010, 1:58 AM
Ah! REAL Trek! VERY cool find. I was like 13 when this came out. GREATNESS!!! I agree with Number21: CGI killed sci-fi.
marvel72
marvel72 - 3/6/2010, 3:35 AM
the original star wars trilogy is better than star trek.
best star wars films
1.the empire strikes back
2.star wars
3.return of the jedi

best star trek
1.star trek 2 the wrath of khan.
2.star trek(jj abrams)
3.star trek (!)first contact.
Phinehas
Phinehas - 3/6/2010, 3:12 PM
comicb00kguy

"CGI killed sci-fi."

No way!!! Its the abuse of it that has caused its disreputation. Lucas is the biggest violator, hands down. But CGI, in and of itself? Uh Uh.

CGI enhances, but shouldn't be a primary substitute. Agreed. I like miniatures. But CGI as an addition can provide so much.
Some times less is more in this genre. Whollyweird sometimes forgets that rule.
BigMas1979
BigMas1979 - 3/7/2010, 10:22 AM
haha..the lady getting her head shaved was hilarious....
CyberA
CyberA - 3/13/2010, 11:21 PM



Impressive!



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